India, July 24 -- The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has suspended the Food Registration Certificate of Kamal Caterers Pvt Ltd, the contractor operating the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) headquarters canteen, after finding that all 31 food safety violations flagged during an earlier inspection remained unrectified.

The suspension, which took effect on Wednesday night, has halted operations at the canteen in the BMC Annexe building, which serves hundreds of civic officials, employees, police personnel, corporators and visitors daily.

The FDA said an inspection on June 8 found multiple violations related to hygiene, sanitation and food safety. An improvement notice was issued the following day and received by th...